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Tag: Courts
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Bias Suit Against Community College of Philadelphia Tossed
A federal judge has thrown out a race and gender discrimination suit against the Community College of Philadelphia by an African-American filmmaker who wasn’t hired for a full-time position in the English Department.
June 11, 2017
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Diverse Docket: Court Upholds North Carolina A&T Firing
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a wrongful termination suit by the former executive assistant to the dean of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina A&T University.
January 26, 2017
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Talladega College Might Be on Right Side of History
More than a century ago, Booker T. Washington—the most prominent product of an HBCU at that point—accepted an invitation to The White House that was just as controversial.
January 3, 2017
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Columbia Teaching and Research Assistants Vote to Join Union
NEW YORK — Graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University have voted to join a union affiliated with the United Auto Workers. The Detroit-based UAW announced Friday the New York Ivy League university students voted 1,602 to 623 in favor of union representation. The voting took place Wednesday and Thursday. The Columbia vote came […]
December 11, 2016
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Lawyers File Motion to Delay Trump University Trial
SAN DIEGO —Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University. In the motion filed Saturday evening in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli argues that the extra months would give both sides time to possibly reach […]
November 14, 2016
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Diverse Docket: Judge Rules Title IX Suit Against University of Kentucky can go Forward
A former University of Kentucky student who claims she was raped in her dorm can pursue a Title IX suit because there was enough evidence that the school repeatedly botched its disciplining of her alleged attacker, a federal judge has ruled.
September 18, 2016
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Yale Challenges Grad Assistants’ Union Bid Before NLRB
Yale University is challenging a bid by some of its graduate assistants to unionize in proceedings this week before the National Labor Relations Board that other private U.S. universities are closely watching.
September 14, 2016
African-American
Sheriff Clarke’s Roots in Controversy Run Deep
Diverse reporter offers first-hand account of when the Milwaukee County conservative firebrand began implementing practices that reflect the mindset of the sheriff who says, “Stop trying to fix the police. Fix the ghetto.”
August 21, 2016
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Former Oregon State Fraternity Member Found Guilty of Rape
CORVALLIS, Ore. ― A former Oregon State University student has been found guilty of raping a woman at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity last year. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that Tyler Lazell Warren on Wednesday was found guilty of rape, sexual abuse and burglary in connection with the July 2015 incident at the fraternity. Warren […]
July 28, 2016
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Diverse Docket: Professor’s Bias Suit Against John Jay College Rejected
A federal judge has rejected a race discrimination and retaliation suit by an African-American assistant professor of economics who failed to win tenure and promotion at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
July 27, 2016
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Supreme Court Rejects Fisher, Upholds Use of Race in College Admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court handed the University of Texas at Austin a major victory in support of its right to consider race and ethnicity as a component of its admissions policy.
June 23, 2016
News Roundup
State High Court Orders New Hearing in UConn Animal Research Case
HARTFORD, Conn. ― The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a lower court judge to hold another hearing to determine whether the names of some University of Connecticut animal researchers can be kept secret to protect their safety. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the names and grant numbers of UConn researchers […]
June 22, 2016
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